Past for the Eyes

Past for the Eyes

Author: Oksana Sarkisova

Publisher: Central European University Press

Published: 2008-01-01

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13: 6155211434

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How do museums and cinema shape the image of the Communist past in today’s Central and Eastern Europe? This volume is the first systematic analysis of how visual techniques are used to understand and put into context the former regimes. After history “ended” in the Eastern Bloc in 1989, museums and other memorials mushroomed all over the region. These efforts tried both to explain the meaning of this lost history, as well as to shape public opinion on their society’s shared post-war heritage. Museums and films made political use of recollections of the recent past, and employed selected museum, memorial, and media tools and tactics to make its political intent historically credible. Thirteen essays from scholars around the region take a fresh look at the subject as they address the strategies of fashioning popular perceptions of the recent past.


Through Women's Eyes, Combined

Through Women's Eyes, Combined

Author: Ellen Carol DuBois

Publisher: Macmillan Higher Education

Published: 2015-09-18

Total Pages: 835

ISBN-13: 1319019196

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Through Women’s Eyes: An American History with Documents was the first text to present a narrative of U.S. women’s history within the context of the central developments of the United States and to combine this core narrative with written and visual primary sources in each chapter. The authors’ commitment to highlighting the best and most current scholarship, along with their focus on women from a broad range of ethnicities, classes, religions, and regions, has helped students really understand U.S. history Through Women’s Eyes.


Eyes of the Nation

Eyes of the Nation

Author: Vincent Virga

Publisher: Bunker Hill Publishing, Inc.

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 428

ISBN-13: 1593730357

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A magnificent one volume pictorial and narrative history of the United States with more than five hundred exceptional illustrations, many reproduced here for the first time.


Through Deaf Eyes

Through Deaf Eyes

Author: Douglas C. Baynton

Publisher: Gallaudet University Press

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13:

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From the PBS film, 200 photographs and text depict the American deaf community and its place in our nation's history.


Afghan History Through Afghan Eyes

Afghan History Through Afghan Eyes

Author: Nile Green

Publisher:

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781849045087

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Recent international intervention in Afghanistan has reproduced familiar versions of the Afghan national story, from repeatedly doomed invasions to perpetual fault lines of ethnic division. Yet almost no attention has been paid to the ways in which Afghans themselves have made sense of their history. Radically questioning received ideas about how to understand Afghanistan, Afghan History Through Afghan Eyes asks how Afghan intellectuals, ideologues and ordinary people have understood their collective past. The book brings together the leading international specialists to focus on case studies of the Dari, Pashto and Uzbek histories which Afghans have produced in abundance since the formation of the Afghan state in the mid-eighteenth century. As crucial sources on Afghans' own conceptions of state, society and culture, their writings help us understand the dominant and marginal, conflicting and changing, ways in which Afghans have understood the emergence of their own society and its relationships with the wider world.Based on new research in Afghan languages, Afghan History Through Afghan Eyes opens up entirely fresh perspectives on Afghan political, social and cultural life, providing penetrating insights into the master narratives behind domestic and international conflict in Afghanistan.


Eyes That Speak

Eyes That Speak

Author: Christy Bowe

Publisher:

Published: 2021-12-07

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 9780578300399

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Not many people can say their career has placed them center stage at as many historical happenings as Christy Bowe can. Bowe has photographed four presidents throughout their administrations, has captured the horrors of 9/11, and photographed three historical impeachments as well. Today, she is founder of ImageCatcher News Services, and her work can be found in prominent publications such as The New York Times and Rolling Stone. Now she aims her lens at the 46th President of the United States of America, Joe Biden. After being kicked out of Catholic school as a child, Bowe found her passion in capturing human moments in the biggest events. As 'Eyes That Speak' shares snapshots of significant moments in Bowe's career, she recounts the hardships and lessons that came from each, and their influence on her style and her photography. Her passion and warmth come through as she narrates the interactions and personal experiences that have altered her as a human and shaped her philosophy as a photographer. Christy Bowe is a passionate, determined photojournalist who never lost the fire that got her kicked out of Catholic school. 'Eyes That Speak' is a loving retelling of not just her experience as a photojournalist but of the kindness and compassion rampant in even the most competitive and high staked working environment. Her book is a reminder that humans are kinder than we know.


Ordinary Americans

Ordinary Americans

Author: Linda R. Monk

Publisher: Hyperion Books

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13:

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A collection of first-person accounts by average Americans detailing the first 500 years of U.S. history. Multicultural perspectives are emphasized.


The Eyes of a King

The Eyes of a King

Author: Catherine Banner

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2008-09-04

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 1407044354

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Five-year-old Cassius escaped the brutal assassination of his parents, the king and queen of Malonia, and was exiled to modern-day England. Now fifteen, Cassius continues to be hidden in England under the protection of his tutor, the great Alderbaran, who's ancient prophecy says that Cassius will, one day, return and claim his rightful place on the throne. At the same time, fifteen-year-old Leo remains in Malonia where a repressive dictatorial regime under the new king, Lucien, followed the assassination. One day Leo discovers a wonderful book in which parts of an epic story appear each day - a remarkable story that reveals the secrets of the prophecy, the assassination and how they are connected to Leo's own family history.


Through African Eyes

Through African Eyes

Author: Leon E. Clark

Publisher: New York : Praeger

Published: 1969

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13:

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Lesson plans for using the compiled volumes of Through African Eyes in middle school classrooms.


Demons of the Past

Demons of the Past

Author: H.B. Lyne

Publisher: Weaver of Words Press

Published:

Total Pages: 399

ISBN-13: 1913673057

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Past whispers. Future trembles. Will unmasking their demons save or shatter them? Stalker, a fierce young shifter, grapples with mounting responsibilities: safeguarding her territory, managing her human job, navigating a budding romance, and above all, unmasking the sinister cultist lurking in the shadows. The winter since their victory over the Plague Doctor has been a quiet one, providing a semblance of routine and stability. Yet, beneath the calm, Stalker harbours a secret that could shatter their hard-earned peace. For pack Alpha, Fights-Eyes-Open, maintaining balance is a relentless task. Despite the calm, he's aware that their feud with The Witches still smoulders, the embers of old grievances poised to ignite anew. His worst fears come to pass when a brutal attack fractures his human family, upending the equilibrium he had so carefully nurtured. Thrust into a desperate quest for answers, the pack plunges into the murkiest corners of their territory's history. Consequently, Stalker is faced with the gravest conflict of her shifter life. As she wrestles with profound questions of identity and loyalty, she must decide: who can she trust? How long can she conceal the truth from her shifter family? And in the internal power struggle within the pack, who will come out on top? 'Demons of the Past' is a gripping dark urban fantasy thriller that will challenge your perceptions and leave you on the edge of your seat. Beneath the bonds of loyalty lie secrets, deception, and betrayal. Dive into 'Demons of the Past' today to uncover the truth.